UGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: Strike sends XDR-TB patients home
Photo: David Gough/IRIN Many patients are having to fend for themselves DURBAN, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Striking public health workers in South Africa have virtually shut down King George V...
View ArticleUGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after...
View ArticleKENYA: Nomadic communities struggle to access PMTCT
Photo: Giulio M/Flickr Most Samburu women deliver their babies at home SAMBURU, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Nomadic Kenyan women who test positive for HIV but live in remote areas far from the...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: National HIV testing campaign disappoints
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN A “disconnect” between testing and treatment MANZINI, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) – South Africa, home to the world’s largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: National HIV testing campaign disappoints
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN A “disconnect” between testing and treatment MANZINI, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) – South Africa, home to the world’s largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off...
View ArticleKENYA: Nomadic communities struggle to access PMTCT
Photo: Giulio M/Flickr Most Samburu women deliver their babies at home SAMBURU, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Nomadic Kenyan women who test positive for HIV but live in remote areas far from the...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: National HIV testing campaign disappoints
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN A “disconnect” between testing and treatment MANZINI, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) – South Africa, home to the world’s largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off...
View ArticleKENYA: Help HIV-positive children in pain, urges HRW
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/PlusNews There is a shortage of palliative care services geared towards children NAIROBI, 9 September 2010 (PlusNews) – A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan...
View ArticleKENYA: Help HIV-positive children in pain, urges HRW
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/PlusNews There is a shortage of palliative care services geared towards children NAIROBI, 9 September 2010 (PlusNews) – A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan...
View ArticleKENYA: Help HIV-positive children in pain, urges HRW
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/PlusNews There is a shortage of palliative care services geared towards children NAIROBI, 9 September 2010 (PlusNews) – A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan...
View ArticleKENYA: Help HIV-positive children in pain, urges HRW
Photo: Kristy Siegfried/PlusNews There is a shortage of palliative care services geared towards children NAIROBI, 9 September 2010 (PlusNews) – A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan...
View ArticleUGANDA: US helps bridge gap in ARV supply
Photo: Georgina Cranston/IRIN An estimated 47 percent of Ugandans who need ARVs have no access to them KAMPALA, 13 September 2010 (PlusNews) – The US government has boosted its assistance to Uganda’s...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: Early HIV treatment may be cheaper than thought
Photo: UNAIDS HIV prevalence, not eligibility, drives up patient numbers and cost MANZINI, 13 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Research by South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Boston...
View ArticleUGANDA: US helps bridge gap in ARV supply
Photo: Georgina Cranston/IRIN An estimated 47 percent of Ugandans who need ARVs have no access to them KAMPALA, 13 September 2010 (PlusNews) – The US government has boosted its assistance to Uganda’s...
View ArticleKENYA: Activists appeal for release of TB prisoners
Photo: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL Activists say the men are not being held in isolation from other prisoners NAKURU, 15 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Kenyan human rights activists have filed an appeal for the...
View ArticleKENYA: Activists appeal for release of TB prisoners
Photo: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL Activists say the men are not being held in isolation from other prisoners NAKURU, 15 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Kenyan human rights activists have filed an appeal for the...
View ArticleHEALTH: One-hour TB test "must be affordable" for poor countries
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Ideally, the test should be simple enough to administer at basic health facilities NAIROBI, 16 September 2010 (PlusNews) – A new one-hour test for tuberculosis will only have...
View ArticleKENYA: Targeting older people in HIV prevention
Photo: Keishamaza Rukikaire/IRIN Older people are often neglected by HIV prevention programmes KAKMEGA, 17 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Older Kenyans, often neglected by HIV programmes that assume they...
View ArticleKENYA: Targeting older people in HIV prevention
Photo: Keishamaza Rukikaire/IRIN Older people are often neglected by HIV prevention programmes KAKMEGA, 17 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Older Kenyans, often neglected by HIV programmes that assume they...
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